Tag: CCAMLR

• Monday, January 13th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  South Georgia will issue two-year licenses for toothfish and icefish

  

  The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands has announced it will issue two-year fishing licenses to companies who successfully apply to fish for toothfish and icefish in the SGSSI Maritime Zone, reports the South Georgia Newsletter latest edition.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 12:07 UTC

  Russia, Ukraine, China block plans in CCAMLR to create Antarctica marine reserves

  

  Russia, Ukraine and China are being blamed for a failure of plans to protect almost 3 million square kilometers of ocean in Antarctica. After two weeks of discussions behind closed doors, the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has failed to come to an agreement on new marine reserves.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 19:33 UTC

  Antarctic scientists address toothfish and icefish stocks and catch limits in Australia

  

  With the attendance of delegations from the twenty five members from the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the annual gathering of international Antarctic scientists and policy makers took off on Monday in Australia.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2013 - 08:42 UTC

  Falklands/South Georgia dispute placed by Argentina under the CCALMR umbrella

  

  The Buenos Aires media is reporting a potential incident situation in South Georgia waters which could erupt into something more complicated from the moment the Argentine research vessel ‘Eduardo Holmberg’ has been involved in scientific activities in a zone which last year was declared by the UK as a Maritime Protected Area, MPA, and which Argentina does not recognize since it considers it ‘an area in dispute’.

• Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 03:28 UTC

  South Georgia ‘area’ will be surveyed by Argentine scientific research vessel

  

  Argentina’s scientific research vessel “Dr. Eduardo L. Holmberg” left on Friday from Mar del Plata for the South Georgia area for a thirty day cruise in the framework of the Convention for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, CCAMLR, reports the Foreign Ministry from Buenos Aires.

• Friday, November 2nd 2012 - 08:36 UTC

  CCAMLR fails to reach agreement on new marine protected areas in Antarctica

  

  Governments meeting in Australia have failed to reach agreement on new marine protected areas for the Antarctic Ocean. A decision has been deferred until July 2013 when all the relevant science will be considered.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 22:29 UTC

  Penguins, whales and Antarctic species have found a powerful friend: DiCaprio

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio urged a high-level Antarctic conservation meeting in Australia on Tuesday to approve a sweeping Southern Ocean marine sanctuary to protect thousands of polar species.

• Friday, October 19th 2012 - 02:23 UTC

  Environmental groups call for more protected zones off East Antarctica

  

  Thirty environmental groups on Thursday issued a joint appeal for upcoming talks on establishing protected zones in the seas off East Antarctica to widen the scope of the marine haven.

• Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

  Funds from confiscated illegal fish used to combat poachers in Southern Ocean

  

  Funds generated by the sale of fish confiscated from a vessel that had been poaching in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Island’s Fishery Zone (SGFZ) are being put to good use to fight illegal fishing elsewhere in the Southern Ocean.

• Monday, July 9th 2012 - 17:55 UTC

  Norwegian company completes most successful Antarctic krill season

  

  Olympic Seafood AS has announced that its vessel ‘Juvel’ has recently completed its most successful Antarctic krill season ever, with record efficiency and a catch of the utmost quality.